Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 5 at 8:01PM EDT until July 5 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS State College PA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 5, 2026 - 5:01pm
Expires:
July 5, 2026 - 5:30pm
Description:
At 801 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Penn National Race Course to Emigsville to
Stewartstown, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Harrisburg, York, Lebanon, Lower Allen, Hanover, Hershey, Colonial
Park, Weigelstown, Elizabethtown, Columbia, Progress, and Lititz.
This includes the following Interstates...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike from mile markers 237 to 274.
Interstate 78 from mile markers 0 to 3.
Interstate 81 from mile markers 67 to 90.
Interstate 83 from mile markers 0 to 50.
Interstate 283 from mile markers 0 to 2.
Instruction:
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Adams, PA; Cumberland, PA; Dauphin, PA; Lancaster, PA; Lebanon, PA; York, PA
Forcast Office:
NWS State College PA
Sender: